Digital humanism : a philosophy for 21st century digital society / Christian Fuchs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuchs, Christian, 1976- author.

Series:

SocietyNow

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital media--Social aspects.

Digital media.

Humanism.

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

Digital Humanism explores how Humanism can help us to critically understand how digital technologies shape society and humanity, providing an introduction to Humanism in the digital age.

Contents:

Cover

DIGITAL HUMANISM

Endorsement

DIGITAL HUMANISM: A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society

Copyright

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

1. Introduction

2. What Is Humanism?

1 Introduction

2 Definitions of Humanism

3 Humanism's Transculturality

4 Yuval Noah Harari's Critique of Humanism

5 What Is Radical Humanism? Foundations of Radical Humanism

6 Four Approaches to Radical Humanism: Karl Marx, Erich Fromm, Wang Ruoshui, David Harvey

6.1 Karl Marx

6.2 Erich Fromm

6.3 Wang Ruoshui

6.4 David Harvey

7 Conclusion

3. What Is Digital Humanism?

2 Foundations of Digital Humanism: What Is Digital Humanism?

3 Foundations of Radical Digital Humanism

4 Objections to Digital Humanism

5 Conclusion

4. De-Colonising Academia: A Radical Humanist Perspective

2 De-Colonisation in the Study of Media, Communication and the Digital

2.1 Trans-Disciplinarity

2.2 Pluriversality as Unity in Plurality

2.3 Conviviality

3 What Is (Neo-)Colonialism?

3.1 Classical Colonialism

3.2 Colonialism and Racism

3.3 Colonies and Ongoing Primitive Accumulation

3.4 Neo-Colonialism

3.5 From Classical Colonialism to Neo-Colonialism

4 The (De-)Colonisation of Academia: A Radical Humanist and Political Economy Perspective

4.1 The Neoliberal Colonisation of the University and Academia

4.2 Capitalist Academic Publishing

4.3 Academic Inequalities in Rankings and Metrics

4.4 Unequal Reputation and Opportunities

4.5 Wealth Inequalities in Academia

4.6 Class and Higher Education

4.7 Management Hierarchies

4.8 The Capitalist University as Neo-Colonialism

5 Conclusion: From University Capitalism Towards the Public Interest and Commons-Oriented University

5.1 Academia's Relations to Society.

5.2 Access to the University and Academic Knowledge

5.3 The Production of Content and Knowledge

5.4 Research Methods

5.5 Governance

5. Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Digital Capitalism

2 The Cybernanthrope

3 Robots, AI and Ideology in Digital Capitalism

3.1 Three Approaches to the Analysis of Technology, Robots and AI

3.2 Robots in the Economy and Society: A Critique of Technological Determinism

3.2.1 Technological Determinism in Post-Humanism and Transhumanism

3.2.2 The Wired Brain as Post-Humanist and Transhumanist Ideology

3.3 Robots in the Economy and Society: A Critique of Social Constructivism

4 A RADICAL HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE ON COMPUTING, ROBOTS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

6. Policy Discourses on Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EU, the USA, and China

2 The EU's AI Strategy

3 Donald Trump's AI Strategy

4 China's AI Strategy

5 A Comparison of the AI Strategies of the EU, the US Government Under Trump, and China

6 Conclusion

7. Necropower, Death and Digital Communication in Covid-19 Capitalism

2 Death and Dying in Capitalism

3 Communication's Role in the Quality of Life and Dying

3.1 A Look at Some Empirical Studies

3.2 Theoretical Interpretation: The Universality of Communication From the Cradle to the Grave

4 Dying and Communication in the COVID-19 Pandemic

4.1 Dying From COVID-19

4.2 Digital Communication and Dying in the COVID-19 Pandemic

5 Capitalist Necropower in COVID-Capitalism

5.1 What Is Capitalist Necropower?

5.2 Capitalist Necropower in the Age of COVID-19

8. Conclusion

1 For Radical Humanism and Radical Digital Humanism

2 Socialism or Barbarism, Humanism or Authoritarianism, Democracy or Fascism.

3 We Need to Properly Tax Capital and Strengthen Working Class Interests

4 We Need a Public Service Internet

5 We Need Radical Humanism

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Fuchs, Christian Digital Humanism

ISBN:

9781803824215